One Billion and One Dirham

This collection of some 25 short fairy tales is mostly based on the narrative of the world’s famous fairy tales: Aladdin an the Magic Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, Baron Münchhausen and many more. REDISCOVER THESE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES…How Sin-Bad the Bond Salesman sails the Sea of Ponzi and visits Short-sellers Island to become a star investment banker. Why Mario and Christine are eating the European Central Bank - made of monetary easing - to fight inflation. What Black Monday sees when she looks into the mirror on Wall Street.If Little Red Account Balance survives the Big Bad Wolf of Wall Street.How King Cash flies his magic flying Banknote.If Beauty finds her Banker.How Alistair in Euroland deals with the 27 headed creature called Ecofin.How Baron von Büllmarkt pulls himself out of a giant self inflicted crisis.IN A MAGIC WORLD OF FINANCE … Financial literary prose for City Slickers. Hilarious and very well written. Enjoy the fairy tales like Crème Brûlée: one at a time.JORT KELDERJOURNALIST / TV PRODUCERNo 1 Publishing Project onKICKSTARTERERIK VRIJ has been a banking and investment lawyer with global banks for over 22 years. His business thriller debut WHITE INK became one of the most remarkable thriller debuts in the Netherlands in 2013 and a number 1 fiction publishing project on Kickstarter.com, sold in over 30 countries. Based in Abu Dhabi, he has been inspired by the view from his apartment and the famous 1001 Arabian Nights to write this collection of financial fairy tales.Title and calligraphy artwork by WISSAM SHAWKAT‘The (Gulf) Region’s most celebrated calligraphy artist’ - VOGUE ARABIA‘One day - whilst waiting for a meeting with Khalila’s CFO - he downloaded the app. When he swiped the screen of his phone, a lady appeared on the wall in front of him. Khalid was mesmerised by her mysterious looks. With a soft voice she said: ‘I am Khalila, I will fulfil three financial wishes.’AL ALIM BANK AND THE MAGIC APPErik Vrij has spent a career that spans both finance and fiction. He has the knowledge and imagination to bring these two strange worlds together in a way that is both instructive and fun to read. Anyone reading his stories and thinks they are made up by the power of imagination will be surprised to know that they are well founded in reality and made accessible and enjoyable in the hands of a master story teller.IAN MORLEYCHAIRMAN, WENTWORTH HALLFOUNDER CHAIRMAN, ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION